Pearl Harbor

This morning Ben, Dad, Nate, Quinn, and I all went to Pearl Harbor. We all got headphones and were able to do a self guided tour through the museum, the grounds, and eventually to the USS Arizona monument. It was extrememly humbling to listen to the stories, and take in the sights of those events that transpired Dec. 7, 1941. The highlight was definitely taking the Navy boat across the Harbor to the USS Arizona Memorial spot. Here are a few photos of the things we saw.

Padre and I

This is looking out across the Harbor where all the Naval ships were attacked.

Santa stopped by to remeber the fallen servicemen!

This surface to air anti-aircraft gun shoots 120 two pound shells a minute!!

A one man suicide torpedo used by the Japanese. They carried a 3000lb warhead, and although there was an escape hatch in the top, of the 114 of these used, not a single pilot is known to have used the escape hatch. Crazy a** Japanese!! Nate and I came to the conclusion that you could never talk an american into this type of warfare!!

This is the Anchor to the USS Arizona. It weighs over 20,000lbs, and because of the explosion of the armor piercing bomb dropped on the Arizona's deck, this anchor was blown more than 200 feet from the destroyer!!

This is the 3rd Gun Turret of the sunken USS Arizona

The names of the servicemen that lost their lives onboard the Arizona.

I'm not sure if Quinn even understood anything that they were talking about on his headset, but he sure seemed to be having a good time playing on all the decomissioned equipment!

All the boys getting ready to go to the USS Arizona memorial.